Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency (Bengali: শিলচর লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India.
Assembly segments
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1977: Rashida Choudhury, Indian National Congress
- 1980: Sontosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
- 1984: Sontosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Sontosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
- 1991: Kabindra Purkayastha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1996: Sontosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Kabindra Purkayastha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Sontosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
- 2004: Sontosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
- 2009: Kabindra Purkayastha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2014: Sushmita Dev, Indian National Congress
General elections 2014
| General Election, 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
INC |
Sushmita Dev |
336,451 |
42.07 |
+13.42 |
|
BJP |
Kabindra Purkayastha |
301,210 |
37.66 |
+2.29 |
|
AIUDF |
Kutub Ahmed Mazumder |
85,530 |
10.69 |
-18.66 |
|
AGP |
Bijoy Krishna Nath |
7,679 |
0.96 |
+0.96 |
|
NOTA |
None of the above |
4,310 |
0.54 |
--- |
|
AAP |
Abdul Mannan Barbhuiya |
3,118 |
0.389 |
--- |
| Majority |
35,241 |
4.41 |
1.61 |
| Turnout |
799,830 |
|
|
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INC gain from BJP |
Swing |
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References
See also
Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam |
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